The next Tomb Raider film will feature a new Lara Croft

Tomb Raider’s film rights are up for grabs. Based on a report from TheWrap, the Amazon-owned MGM waited too lengthy to create a sequel to its 2018 Tomb Raider movie, releasing up the rights for the following Hollywood studio that wishes to take a stab at creating an adaption of the long-running online game franchise.

A number of studios are at present engaged in a bidding warfare to snap up the Tomb Raider rights, TheWrap studies. And because the license include no obligation to retain the identical forged and crew, the following Tomb Raider movie could possibly be a complete reboot that passes the Lara Croft baton to yet one more actress.

The 2018 Tomb Raider stars Alicia Vikander as Lara Croft, and was met with blended evaluations that criticized its weak portrayal of the collection’ titular archaeologist. As we famous in our evaluate on the time, MGM’s Tomb Raider appears to mix parts from the 2013 sport with the early 2000s Tomb Raider movie adaptions starring Angelina Jolie (which additionally didn’t get one of the best of evaluations).

MGM initially deliberate to launch a sequel to its movie in 2021, however the COVID-19 pandemic probably bought in the best way of manufacturing. In 2020, the movie’s director, Ben Wheaton, instructed The Verge’s sister website Polygon that he’s nonetheless dedicated to creating the movie, however it’s “within the mists of COVID.” It’s potential that Amazon’s acquisition of MGM in March additionally had one thing to do with the studio’s choice to not greenlight one other Tomb Raider.

On the small display screen, Netflix remains to be engaged on an animated Tomb Raider adaptation. The collection, which nonetheless doesn’t have an official launch date, will happen following the sport’s trilogy reboot that concluded with Shadow of the Tomb Raider.